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Rhythm Ear Training Video Course

Get your rhythm training on track with the New Rhythm Ear Training Video Course

If you feel that tackling rhythm issues would be a lot easier if you had a consistently encouraging teacher's presence explaining what to do while the rhythms are playing, helping you with count-offs, and keeping you on track while offering down-to-earth advice, our Rhythm Ear Training Video course is for you!

In this course Bruce talks directly to you, demonstrates each rhythm and ways to engrain it so that it becomes a natural part of your playing. It takes you from very simple rhythms to highly complex rhythms so that you can grow with the program. Your playing will become faster, more precise, rock solid and creative.

Our Rhythm Ear Training Video Course shows you how to apply 14 rhythms to different styles of music. It gives you targeted advice on how to:

Apply a variety of rhythms to popular grooves found in rock and jazz.

Get new Ideas for embellishing rhythms and making them sound more musical.

Develop strategies for learning rhythms and applying them to musical phrases.

Target specific beats within a measure to help you memorize where you are within a groove.

The Rhythm Ear Training Video Course is for anyone who:

has problems developing a good rhythmic feel when they play music, or has a hard time locking into a groove when playing with a band.

has trouble understanding the basics of rhythm and how it interfaces with real music, making it hard to count the beat to popular tunes.

is stuck playing the same rhythms and needs to expand their rhythmic vocabulary.

has problems making soloing sound natural and flowing.

If you already own the Rhythm Ear Training Series, then the Rhythm Ear Training Video Course is the perfect companion. The video segments deal with 12 rhythms; one from each of the levels (plus two extra from Level 1) found in the Rhythm Ear Training Series.

Jam Tracks with voice counting of each beat!

20 Jam Tracks with a voice count are included. These Jam Tracks can be used for all 12 Levels (Plus two extra parts in Level 1) of the Rhythm Ear Training Series as well as with the XTreme Bundle. (Please note these Jam Tracks are only in the key of C and are the same tracks as Jam Tracks Volume One and Jam Tracks Volume Two but with a voice counting each beat.)

Here is an example of the voice count MP3s:

Jam Track C Major

IT'S LIKE HAVING YOUR TEACHER RIGHT THERE WITH YOU

You won't be all alone! Bruce will be right there with you, choosing the track, counting it off, and teaching you in clear language and with demonstrations that you can easily follow.

We also provided a super helpful voice count over the Jam Tracks so you can hear how to count through the grooves, and target exactly where you want to place your rhythms within the beat. Working with these simple, logical steps you will master a wide rage of rhythms, and play comfortably within them.

Total unique Jam Tracks that groove up a storm!

And we have too say it: Our jam tracks are AWESOME. You will be working with tracks that are FUN to play along with, have cool bass lines, and feel-good beats. And as you progress, the tracks get more challenging, sophisticated and the groove just gets hipper.

Each Video segment tackles a rhythm and shows you not only how to engrain it, but how to develop a feel for the myriad rhythms used with most rock, funk and jazz grooves.

Here is an example video from the course

The Secret of Breaking Down Each Rhythm

By breaking each rhythm down with the count off, it's easier to learn, and your own count-offs will never be an issue again. You'll develop your own personal war chest of rhythms so that your chord playing and soloing are more interesting.

Gain Rhythmic Confidence

Your new confidence with rhythm will have you playing in time, creatively, and enjoying yourself. And best of all, others will enjoy it more too!

Additional Information

16 Videos; 43 minutes in total.

19 PDFs containing 4,171 separate rhythms.

20 Jam Tracks with voice count in the Key of C.

PDF of chord scale applications for Jam Tracks V2

The PDFs of Rhythms found in this video course are taken from our Rhythm Ear Training Series, which is the recommended practice companion, but is not required.

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What people are saying:

This is a great video course because I like to SEE my teacher. Bruce is a great teacher. He's just so clear and logical. I mean, the Ear Training course is great and super thorough, and I'm working with it, but the video course is like having a private lesson that ties a lot of stuff together. E. Stumblehouse

I've been a student of Mr. Arnold's for a few years. Basically I'm OK playing chords for people and my time stays steady but when I solo the rhythm in my melodies is all over the place. Even from the few weeks I've worked with applying the simple rhythms to the Jam Tracks in the video course has changed the way I play for the better. If you are in the same boat I'd get this course. A. Johannsen

Well I'm one of those people Bruce talks about in his blog.I was so stuck in thinking about scales, arpeggios what chord coming up next that I missed listening to the rhythm. I really wasn't aware that I had so many rhythm issues until I sent Bruce an MP3 of my playing and he did a point by point showing me what I was doing, or what I wasn't doing right with my rhythm. My advice: Record yourself and listen back. If you feel the wishy washy rhythm stuff going on, get this course. H. Frankel

The Big Metronome

The Big Metronome...is a must own for any instrumentalist.

This book is part of a series of books which are designed to teach a student:

How to develop a better internal sense of time.

Feel music on a more macro level.

Develop an innate sense of musical form.

Develop a more natural feel that breathes with the music.

"Feel Time" not "Count Time."

All this is accomplished by requiring the student to "feel time" not "count time." The Big Metronome is filled with numerous exercises and comes with audio files to play along with each exercise.

Audio Files

Each audio track for The Big Metronome gives you a two bar count off and then a click every measure, two measures or four measures. As this pulse happens at wider and wider periods of time it requires the student to rely more and more on their own internal sense of time.

Additional Audio Files

Although The Big Metronome does contain 3 CDs worth of audio either the physical book or ebook could contain MP3s for all metronome markings with a click for either every measure, two measure and four measures. It is recommended that you also purchase the additional MP3 audio downloads that available. The most complete additional audio is the "Big Metronome Bundle 1" which contains over 45 hours of MP3s with every traditional metronome marking with every macro beat up to 8. This is a huge resource and highly recommended to get the most out of this book and time concept.

Additional Information:

Digital Edition IBSN: 978-1-59489-785-6

Physical Edition IBSN: 978-1-890944-37-7

3 CDs of Audio in Physical edition and 3 folders of audio in MP3 format with the digital version

Status: In stock, Physical book ships in 24 hours. Digital book is available for immediate access.

FREE SHIPPING WHEN ORDER TOTAL IS OVER 200.00 USD.

The Big Metronome and the "Doing Time" series were recommended to me a few years back by my drum instructor. They both really helped me get a feel for a larger sense of form, and that led to much more freedom in my soloing and how I approach an overall feel. D. Hernández

The Big Metronome has completely changed my perception of time. Over the last few months I've gotten to the point that I can use 20 clicks a minute and keep time while playing chords. The book has lots of ideas on time and also how to use the ideas. R. Hasanov

I was always OK playing in time with the metronome. Take the metronome away and I was all over the place. I contacted Bruce about my time problems and he recommended The Big Metronome My opinion is although this book is for a more advanced student that understands basic rhythms, learning the "idea" is important for all musicians. I spend most of my time sight reading through Rhythms Volume One and Rhythms Volume Two with different click combinations. This has really helped me not to speed up and slow down. The Big Metronome has really helped me. F. Mészáros

Each student has different goals and reasons for working with the The Big Metronome for recommendations for further study please contact Mr. Arnold at the link at bottom of page.

Please Note!

Over the years we have had many requests for additional audio files to cover different tempos and different time signatures so that students could use these files in multiple situations. We have therefore created additional digital downloads of other audio files that will aid you in your development.

The Big Metronome comes with 3 CDs but these MP3s give you many more possible combinations to strengthen your time. Each MP3 package gives you 37 audio tracks that are 10 minutes in length using the following metronome markings:

These are the settings on a traditional metronome. Each download is giving you the equivalent of 5 Audio CDs worth of audio. We also offer bundles of these downloads at a reduced price. These bundles contain about 40 Audio CDs worth of files. Keep in mind that bundles are rather large files and the download could take a few minutes.

Big Metronome Bundle 1

Volumes 1 through 8 of 4/4 meter with time divisions 1-8 measures. This package contains Big Metronome Volume 1 through 8 in one download. This is the combination of the eight volumes listed above.

This package includes MP3 for all traditional metronome markings with a click for 1-8 measures. This bundle contains almost 300 MP3 files. The following metronome markings are used with time divisions of 1 through 8 measures.